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John, his "relict Sarah renouncing." But this person was identified by
Col. Chester, after thorough research, with John (53)
the brother of
Milton's friend, who buried his wife Isabel Underwood in 1638, as stated
above—a son of his by a second marriage being the /o/m ^^ who is known
to have been the father of our William.
All that English records tell us of William Diodate's father, John,
is embraced in the following particulars. On the 14"" of November 1682
a license was given him to marry Mercy Tilney of St. Michael Bassishaw,
London, being himself described, in the marriage-license, as a " bachelor,
aged about 22 [therefore born about 1660], with consent of his parents;"
and by this marriage he had four children, who are all supposed to have
died in infancy or early youth. The wife died in the parish of St. Andrew
Undershaft, London, and was buried at Blackfriars, September 18, 1689.
On the G^'^ of January 1689-90 he had a license to marry Mrs. Elizabeth
Morton of Tottenham, co. Middlesex, he being then described as " of
St. Andrew Undershaft, London, Merchant, widower, aged about 30."
The history of Elizabeth Morton, worked out by Col. Chester with
much care and labor, was given by him, in brief, as follows :
" Rev. Adrian w Whicker, vicar of Kirtlington, Oxfordshire (where
he was buried 16 June 1616), by his wife Jane (buried there 8 Dec. 1641),
had several children, of whom the eldest son was John ^^^ Whicker, born
in St. Aldate's parish in the city of Qxford, who became a merchant in
London, but at his death desired to be buried at Kirtlington. His Will,
dated 8 Sept. 1660, was proved 12 Feb. 1 660-1. By his wife Jane, who
was buried at St. Olave, Hart Street, London, Mar. i, 1637-8, he had five
daughters, of whom three only survived. The second daughter, Elizabeth
Whicker, was baptized at St. Olave, Hart Street, 21 Aug. 1623. She first
married Richard Crandley, Alderman of London; who was buried at
St. Olave, Hart Street, 12 Dec. 1655. From his Will it is evident that
they had no children. She remarried John Morton at St. Olave, Hart
Street, in July 1658, and a female child (unnamed) was buried there
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